11/29/2005		Eldred WWII Museum offers opportunity to college students
11/22/2005		The New England Quarterly Essay Contest
11/22/2005		“THE FACE OF DECLINE: THE PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE REGION
11/15/2005		Designing for Victory: Exhibition at Dickinson College
11/14/2005		First Dr. King Student Fellow Essay Contest
11/14/2005		Study Abroad in China with Dr. Tang and Dr. Kenley

Eldred World War II Museum offers opportunity to college students

Capturing History Alive

The Eldred WWII Museum cordially invites college students to participate in a supplemental self-guided learning experience utilizing the considerable World War II reference resources of the Eldred WWII Museum in Eldred, Pennsylvania.

Eligibility

The program is open to any student currently enrolled in an accredited institution of higher learning. Students may be subsidized by foundation grants, university grants, or participate independently. Student interns are also welcome.

For more information, go to http://www.eldredwwiimuseum.org/contest.html

The New England Quarterly, a Historical Review of New England Life and Letters, administers two annual essay contests, one in early American history (December deadline), and the other in nineteenth- and twentieth-century New England literary history (June deadline), both with generous prize awards and the opportunity for publication in NEQ.

2005 Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History

This prize of $2500, sponsored by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and established in memory of Walter Muir Whitehill, former editor of publications for the Society, will be awarded for a distinguished essay on colonial history, with preference being given to New England subjects. A committee of members of the Colonial Society will act as judges: Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University; Robert Middlekauff, University of California, Berkeley; and Edmund Sears Morgan, Yale University. Submissions for the 2005 prize must be postmarked by 31 December 2005. The prizewinner will be announced in the spring of 2006, and the winning essay will be published in The New England Quarterly. For prize specifications, see NEQ’s website, http://www.newenglandquarterly.org/whitehill/. Essays may be submitted to Whitehill Prize Committee, c/o Linda Smith Rhoads, Editor, The New England Quarterly, 249 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.

2006 Herbert Ross Brown Prize in New England Literary History, 1820–2000

This prize of $2000, established by the editors of The New England Quarterly in memory of Herbert Ross Brown, editor of NEQ from 1945 to 1980, will be awarded for a distinguished essay in New England literary history, 1820–2000. The editors will accept essays discussing New England literature in the broadest sense—from slave narratives, to poetry and novels, to political and religious tracts. The judges are Nina Baym, University of Illinois; Andrew Delbanco, Columbia University; and James Longenbach, University of Rochester. The prizewinner will be announced in the fall of 2006, and the winning essay will be published in NEQ. Submissions for the 2006 prize must be postmarked by 30 June 2006. For prize specifications, see NEQ’s website, http://www.newenglandquarterly.org/brown/. Essays may be submitted to Brown Prize Committee, c/o Linda Smith Rhoads, Editor, The New England Quarterly, 249 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.

“THE FACE OF DECLINE: THE PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE REGION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY”

You are cordially invited to attend:

BRINGING NEW HISTORY TO A PUBLIC AUDIENCE

“THE FACE OF DECLINE: THE PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE REGION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY”

featuring Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

12-1 p.m.

The State Museum Auditorium, Harrisburg

In The Face of Decline (Cornell University Press, 2005), Thomas Dublin (Binghamton University) and Walter Licht (University of Pennsylvania) present a bold and provocative analysis of the economic and social reorganization of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region. With a keen eye for the human consequences of broad historical developments, these two distinguished historians offer a compelling assessment of “deindustrialization” and a region’s struggle to transform itself. Combining folklore and oral history with economic theory and social analysis, The Face of Decline is Pennsylvania history at its finest.

A reception and book signing will follow questions and answers.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This event is sponsored by:

The State Museum of Pennsylvania,

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Pennsylvania Historical Association

Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations

American Studies Program, PSU-Harrisburg

For further information, contact Dennis Downey at 717 872 3924.

Exhibition at Trout Gallery/Dickinson Gallery

George M. Richards, Oh, Boy! That's the Girl!..., color lithograph, 1918

DESIGNING FOR VICTORY 1914-1945

Posters from the United States Army Heritage and Education Center

This traveling exhibition is on loan from the United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and organized in conjunction with The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College

THE TROUT GALLERY/Dickinson College
Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts
West High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
www.dickinson.edu/trout 717-245-1344

October 28, 2005-January 14, 2006

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4p.m.
Closed November 23-27/December 23-January 2

Reception: Friday, October 28, 5-7p.m.

                    Fred Spear, Enlist, color lithograph, 1915

First Dr. King Student Fellow Essay Contest

Interested students should submit an essay of 500 words . The essay theme is "In the Spirit of Community."

• Essays must contain at least one citation from Dr. King's works. There are items on reserve in the High Library to assist students.
• Essays are due on or before Friday, December 9, 2005 , to Dr. David Brown in Wenger 379A or in his faculty mailbox in Wenger 276.
• Essays will be judged by an Elizabethtown faculty panel.
• Prizes are as follows:

• First Prize is $500 in textbooks from the White Bookstore for the spring 2005 semester.
• Second Prize is $250 in textbooks from the White Bookstore for the spring 2005 semester.
• Third Prize is $100 in textbooks from the White Bookstore for the spring 2005 semester.

Finalist will be notified over the winter vacation and must be present at the award ceremony to win. The essays will be read and judged in a public ceremony on Monday, January 16, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the Event Space. Finalist will read their essays aloud and answer questions from the faculty panel. The event is sponsored by the Provost's Office. Questions may be directed to Dr. David Brown at BROWNDS or ext. 1249.

Beijing--a capital city with over 5000 years of history! China--a country with the fastest growing economy in the world! Travel to China this May and learn more about this dynamic country with its rich history. Join your fellow Elizabethtown students as well as professors Liang Tang and David Kenley for a study tour that includes a two-week-long stay in Beijing with a possible side trip to Shanghai. The program fee of $1295 covers tuition, room and board, and all China activities (you will receive four credit hours of core curriculum credit).

This program is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests of Elizabethtown College.

If you are interested in applying for the program, please attend an information session on November 17 at 3:30pm in Nicarry 129. For more information or to receive an application packet, contact Dr. Tang (tangl@etown.edu, 361-1576) or Dr. Kenley (kenleyd@etown.edu, 361-1238).